Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tropical Weather System Drenches South Texas, Flooding Reported
Jun 22 2018 // The entire Texas coastline has been drenched this week with heavy rains resulting in flooding in many areas with several cities reporting rainfall totals in excess of 12 inches. The Insurance Council of Texas is issuing a...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jun 21 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
Flooding Leads to State of Emergency Declaration for NW Wisconsin
Jun 21 2018 // A state of emergency has been declared for counties in Northwest Wisconsin impacted by widespread flooding. Gov. Scott Walker declared the emergency state for Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, and Iron counties, where...
Heavy Rains Bring Flooding to Harvey-Impacted Areas in Texas
Jun 21 2018 // Heavy rains along the Texas coast have caused flooding in areas that were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey less than a year ago. National Weather Service meteorologist Tyler Castillo said Wednesday that since Tuesday, rain of...
At Least One Dead in Widespread Flooding in Midwest
Jun 20 2018 // Widespread flooding in the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least one death in Wisconsin, while disaster declarations were issued Monday in northern Michigan after flash-flooding washed out roads, damaged businesses and...
Hurricane-Proof Home Building Available But Pricey, Slow to Be Adopted
Jun 20 2018 // In a private waterfront resort on the northern tip of Key Largo, nestled between tropical forest and the Caribbean, Eric Soulavy is marketing luxury for the age of climate change: Coastal homes that are all but hurricane...
Aon Launches Updated Thai Flood Model to Support Underwriters in Market
Jun 20 2018 // Aon plc, the London-based professional services firm, has launched an updated Thailand flood catastrophe model to improve understanding of this peril and help insurers build resilience for businesses and...
Survey: Floridians Still Not Adequately Prepared for Hurricane Season
Jun 20 2018 // Just six months after the punishing 2017 season battered the Sunshine State, most Floridians are still not prepared for the potential assault of another hurricane season, according to a survey by the FAIR Foundation. The...
Maryland Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration for Recent Floods
Jun 19 2018 // Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is asking for a presidential disaster declaration for Maryland following heavy rainfall and flooding that hit two western counties last month. The flooding in Frederick and Washington counties...
NOAA Expects Sea Level Rise to Produce Record Coastal Flooding This Year
Jun 18 2018 // Break out the galoshes. The projected increase in high tide flooding in 2018 may be as much as 60 percent higher across U.S. coastlines compared to typical flooding about 20 years ago, according to scientists at the...
New Jersey Reminds Residents, Insurance Companies to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Jun 18 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is urging the insurance and banking companies it regulates, as well as New Jersey residents, to prepare now for hurricane season, which officially began June 1. All Garden...
May 2018 Saw Severe Weather in Nearly Every Global Region: Aon Report
Jun 8 2018 // Four separate severe weather outbreaks swept across the United States during the month of May, which led to extensive hail, wind damage and flash flooding, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe...
NOAA Expects Sea Level Rise to Produce Record Coastal Flooding This Year
Jun 7 2018 // Break out the galoshes. The projected increase in high tide flooding in 2018 may be as much as 60 percent higher across U.S. coastlines compared to typical flooding about 20 years ago, according to scientists at the...
In Boston’s Booming Seaport, the Namesake Is Also the Threat
Jun 7 2018 // In Boston’s booming Seaport District, General Electric is building its new world headquarters, Amazon is bringing in thousands of new workers, and Reebok’s red delta symbol sits atop the new office it opened...
Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds $150M Cut in Mall Flood Coverage
Jun 7 2018 // In a blow to the owner of Opry Mills Mall, the Tennessee Supreme Court has let stand a lower court’s ruling that stripped $150 million of insurance coverage for the 2010 flood. The state’s highest court...
Family Files Suit Over Woman’s Death in Texas Hotel During Harvey
Jun 6 2018 // A woman whose body was found 11 days after she made a frantic cellphone call from a Houston hotel elevator as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey rushed in exited the elevator in the basement only to struggle against a...
Lloyd’s Index Shows $92B at Risk in North American Cities Each Year
Jun 6 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Cities in the U.S. and Canada stand to lose $92.96 billion per year to risks like market crash, cyber attack and flood, an index from Lloyd’s released today shows. Lloyd’s newly...
Flood Emergency Declared in 8 West Virginia Counties
Jun 5 2018 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has declared a state of emergency in eight counties for flooding from heavy rains. The governor’s office said in a news release that some emergency evacuations were underway Sunday...
North Carolina Farmers Begin Tallying Flood Losses from Alberto
Jun 4 2018 // Farmers in western North Carolina are adding up their losses after the heavy rains from Subtropical Storm Alberto. Hendersonville farmer Randy Edmundson thinks about 70 of his 110 acres (44 hectares) are under water after...
Houston Still Rebuilding From Last Year’s Floods as 2018 Hurricane Season Arrives
Jun 4 2018 // In an empty lot where Vincent Shields’ Houston home once stood, he points out properties whose owners were driven out after Hurricane Harvey inundated the region last summer. “On this street there’s...
